Potential Credential Access via DuplicateHandle in LSASS
Elastic Stack Serverless Security
Identifies suspicious access to an LSASS handle via DuplicateHandle from an unknown call trace module. This may indicate an attempt to bypass the NtOpenProcess API to evade detection and dump LSASS memory for credential access.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-windows.*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5m
Searches indices from: now-9m (https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/common-options.html#date-math[Date Math format], see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Credential Access
Version: 2
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
process where event.code == "10" and
/* LSASS requesting DuplicateHandle access right to another process */
process.name : "lsass.exe" and winlog.event_data.GrantedAccess == "0x40" and
/* call is coming from an unknown executable region */
winlog.event_data.CallTrace : "*UNKNOWN*"
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
Tactic:
- Name: Credential Access
- ID: TA0006
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0006/
Technique:
- Name: OS Credential Dumping
- ID: T1003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003/
Sub-technique:
- Name: LSASS Memory
- ID: T1003.001
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003/001/